In recent Hamburg Men’s Golf Club events, the final four-man team qualifier produced a first-place finish from John Kennedy, Tom Tollar, Rich Bartula and Ken Fierle, who combined to score a low net of 128, while taking second were Jack Eszak, Jim Eddy, Walt Mazur and Craig Cummings with a 130. The top two foursomes advanced to the club championships in late August. Coming up is the HMGC’s annual Hall of Fame Classic. Last year’s champion Bill Widmer (scratch 67) will attempt to defend his title against the likes of top competitors Brad Golda, Chris Jentsch, Tim Manns and Joe Barbic. Event chairmen Don Buckley and Pat Loomis will host the event featuring more than 80 members. Also recently, current HMGC champion Johnathan Snyder, finished second, shooting a two-day total of 142, at the annual Erie County Amateur Championships held at the Elma Meadows Golf Course. He finished five strokes behind current 2013 Buffalo District Golf Association leading amateur Matt Stasiak.

Top finishers from the Hamburg Men’s Golf “65” Club’s Week 10 play from July 8-12 were Steve Dearth in first with a net of 64, followed by Burt Hurd (66), Dennis Conklin (66) and Mike McCarthy (67) in Class A; Bob Widdowson in first with a net of 57, followed by Danny Schaefer (62), Ed Seifert (66) and Gene Stancin (66) in Class B; and Will Kemp in first with a net of 60, followed by Dave Brackenridge (62), Rich Ranic (62) and Dave Donnelly (64) in Class C.